,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,bergman 7for himself and     
,mrs4 ,dingell7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,iii of the    
,public ,health ,service ,act to include
 rural emergency hospitals in the       
definition of a covered entity for      
purposes of the #cdj;,b drug discount   
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,rural #cdj;,b      
,access ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,including  
rural emergency hospitals as covered    
entities for purposes of the #cdj;,b    
drug discount program ,section          
#cdj;,b7a77#d7 of the ,public ,health   
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#bef;b7a77#d77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,p7 ,an entity that is a rural         
emergency hospital 7as defined in       
section #ahfa7kkk77#b7 of the ,social   

,security ,act7 that is owned or        
operated by a unit of ,state or local   
government1 is a public or private      
non-profit corporation which is formally
 granted governmental powers by a unit  
of ,state or local government1 or is a  
private non-profit rural emergency      
hospital which has a contract with a    
,state or local government to provide   
health care services to low income      
individuals who are not entitled to     
benefits under title ,,xviii of the     
,social ,security ,act or eligible for  
assistance under the ,state plan under  
this title4  4